Audience Engagement

ART/New York convenes their first Fall Forum to foster community, support collaboration, and encourage resource sharing among their members.

Kunafa and Shay focuses on Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)/Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) theatre—highlighting classic and contemporary plays and theatremakers, spotlighting community-engaged work in the region and diaspora, and analyzing the past, present, and future of MENA/SWANA theatre in the United States. 

This series is curated by IETM (International network for contemporary performing arts)  as the organization gets ready to host the IETM Rijeka Plenary Meeting, which will take place 24-27 October 2019 in Croatia. This year's plenary will revolve around the theme Audiences.

Rick Stemm discusses his process for writing Heroes Must Die.

This series explores the ways various artists and companies employ the tools of interactive theatre to complicate audiences’ individualized experiences and get them thinking about their place within a community.

A series of articles on the history, ethos, and goals of ArtsEmerson.

Reflections on Mixed Blood Theatre's Radical Hospitality policy of providing low-cost access to all audience members.

A series exploring the diverse relationships between theatre and community through the personal narratives and innovative methods of practice from a select group of artists and practitioners.

A series exploring the role of digital media in the theatre realm.

Column exploring the junction of ensemble theatre and audience.

Seeking insight into what makes immersive theater work for an audience, Jeffrey Mosser observes three productions: How to Build a Forest, Sleep No More, and Mikhael Tara Garver's Fornicated From the Beatles.

A series examining the impact that theatre has on the building and sustaining of local communities.